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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 14 DEC 2009
... Woolworths are up and so is Qantas." Lower commodity prices were the reason for weakness in the resources sector while the financials were experiencing a drop after months of gains, Mr Sekely said. Strength in consumer staples stocks may be down to improving ...

ETFs delve deeper into China

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2009
... week and are not yet available to Australian investors. The ETFs provide exposure to Chinese energy, infrastructure, financials, materials and the CSI 300 Index. Nick Good, chief executives at iShares Asia Pacific, said investors could now access the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2009
... mainland index due to bargain hunting. Bargain hunting in local property firms led the rise but declines in Chinese financials on monetary policy fears trimmed gains. The benchmark Hang Seng Index added 188.66 points, or 0.84 per cent, to 22,611.8. WELLINGTON ...

Beware consumer staples: Lincoln

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2009
... is confident of a fast bounce-back in the sector, noting that stocks should improve in the next year or so. Overall, financials, consumer discretionary and telecommunication services represent the healthiest sectors in the market. Materials, energy and ...

Yamashita's treasure

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2009
US$1,170.30 per troy ounce. This is how much gold - the commodity, the physical metal - is currently fetching in international markets. Chances are it would go higher and it is now creating problems. Back in March this year -- when the equity markets ...

Ganging up on greenback

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2009
... euro is beginning to hit corporate profits in his region. ING reported that sales among eurozone companies - excluding financials and oil - dropped by 12.5 per cent in the third quarter, their profits fell by 27 per cent. But what's the US to do when ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2009
... Roadley said strength in resources was offsetting losses in financial stocks. "The weakness has come through in the financials, and that's where we saw the weakness start to come in towards market close in the US," Ms Roadley said. "There was a comment ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2009
... billion proposal. RBS Morgans private client adviser Bill Bishop said the takeover activity had sparked activity in the financials sector. "There's nothing like a little takeover activity to stir up the market," Mr Bishop said. "It's just the tonic the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2009
... points lower at 4,599 on a volume of 18,632 contracts. "It's red across all the cyclical sectors, materials, energy and financials are the big losers... materials is probably the dominant one," IG Markets research analyst Ben Potter. "We saw a lot of ...

Canadian pensions stage Q3 recovery

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2009
... quarter and just shy of 30 per cent over the year to date. "Advances were fairly broad, but the top heavy weighting in financials, energy and the materials sectors accounted for more than two thirds of the increase so far this year," said Don McDougall ...